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0 pointsmaxxxxx7y ago0 comments

I have tried to ask questions two times in the last few months and the responses were pretty much "if you don't know what you are doing you should hire an expert" or "why would would anyone do such a thing?". I definitely didn't feel very welcome and will stop posting there. It seems most questions that get answers are very simple and straightforward ones. Difficult stuff doesn't get discussed.

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0xfeba7y ago

I've had mixed results. 75% of the time I get good responses, 25% I get berated. I really, really try to form good, formatted questions though.

But the site has been flooded by newbies and ESL people who just will not or cannot format and state their posts correctly. Or people that really shouldn't be programming in the first place, or at least--should learn how to use other documentation first. So there's a lot of chaff, in their defense.

baud1472587y ago

Perhaps in the first case the question you asked was too broad compared to the standard expected for SO questions? Or too precise to be of use to anyone else?

maxxxxxOP7y ago

The question was pretty broad but I think discussing it would have been very valuable for quite a few people. What bothered me were the snide responses. At minimum they should have stayed quiet or explained that SO doesn't deal with this kind of question.

jpindar7y ago

Closed for using the D word! Stack Overflow is not for discussion! </SO mod>

aw3c27y ago

> discussing

SO is not for discussion!

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